PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S S Pollock
AU  - M J Harrison
TI  - Red cell deformability is not an independent risk factor in stroke.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.45.4.369
DP  - 1982 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 369--371
VI  - 45
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/4/369.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/4/369.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1982 Apr 01; 45
AB  - Reduced erythrocyte deformability has been implicated in the causation of stroke. We have therefore tested this red cell property by filtration through polycarbonate membranes in 42 patients with either transient ischaemic attacks or completed ischaemic stroke together with age and sex paired controls. We have failed to demonstrate any difference between patients and controls suggesting that reduced red cell deformability is unlikely to be an important independent factor in the production of stroke.